Zomer, T PVAN Duijkeren, EWielders, C C HVeenman, CHengeveld, PVAN DER Hoek, WDE Greeff, S CSmit, L A MHeederik, D JYzermans, C JKuijper, E JMaassen, C B M2018-01-092018-01-092017Prevalence and risk factors for colonization of Clostridium difficile among adults living near livestock farms in the Netherlands. 2017, 145 (13):2745-2749 Epidemiol. Infect.1469-44092880517110.1017/S0950268817001753http://hdl.handle.net/10029/621071A cross-sectional study was performed among 2494 adults not living or working on a farm to assess prevalence of Clostridium difficile (CD) colonization and risk factors in a livestock dense area. CD prevalence was 1·2%. Twenty-one persons were colonized with a toxigenic strain and nine with a non-toxigenic strain. CD-positive persons did not live closer to livestock farms than individuals negative for CD. Antibiotic exposure in the preceding 3 months was a risk factor for CD colonization (odds ratio 3·70; 95% confidence interval 1·25-10·95).eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAdultAgedAnimal HusbandryAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridium InfectionsClostridium difficileCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLivestockMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsPrevalenceResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsYoung AdultArticleEpidemiol Infect 2017, 145(13):2745-9